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    The poem describes the love between a maiden named Annabel Lee and the narrator as children in a kingdom by the sea. A wind from a cloud chilled Annabel Lee and killed her, as her highborn kinsmen took her away from the narrator due to their prohibited relationship. Though separated by death, their love was stronger than any other, and the narrator is haunted by dreams of Annabel Lee as he lies beside her tomb by the sea.

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    The poem describes the love between a maiden named Annabel Lee and the narrator as children in a kingdom by the sea. A wind from a cloud chilled Annabel Lee and killed her, as her highborn kinsmen took her away from the narrator due to their prohibited relationship. Though separated by death, their love was stronger than any other, and the narrator is haunted by dreams of Annabel Lee as he lies beside her tomb by the sea.

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    Analysis Results of “Annabel Lee” – Edgar Allan Poe

    It was many and many a year ago,


       In a kingdom by the sea,
    That a maiden there lived whom you may know
       By the name of Annabel Lee;
    And this maiden she lived with no other thought
       Than to love and be loved by me.

    I was a child and she was a child,


       In this kingdom by the sea,
    But we loved with a love that was more than love—
       I and my Annabel Lee—
    With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
       Coveted her and me.

    And this was the reason that, long ago,


       In this kingdom by the sea,
    A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling → she was killed by an accident (storm)
       My beautiful Annabel Lee; or by an incident (royalty/her lord)
    So that her highborn kinsmen came → she was killed purposely which
       And bore her away from me, means their relation is prohibited
    To shut her up in a sepulchre
       In this kingdom by the sea.

    The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,


       Went envying her and me—
    Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
       In this kingdom by the sea)
    That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
       Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

    But our love it was stronger by far than the love


       Of those who were older than we—
       Of many far wiser than we—
    And neither the angels in Heaven above
       Nor the demons down under the sea
    Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
       Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

    For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams


       Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
    And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
       Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
    And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side → he died and buried beside
       Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, her tomb
       In her sepulchre there by the sea—
       In her tomb by the sounding sea.

    Structure:
    1. Title: Annabel Lee
    2. Writer: Edgar Allan Poe
    3. Stanza(s): 6
    4. Line(s): 41
    5. Rhyme scheme: ABABCB

    Analysis results:
    They were having a beautiful relationship which can’t be denied by anyone, but their
    relationship was still prohibited until came the day when she was killed by her highborn
    kinsmen to end their love bond. But their love was so strong, even until the death separated
    them, nothing can ever dissever their soul from each other(and their grave was really side by
    side).

    Thoughts/opinion:
    This is the most real pure and proof of love. The writer was trying to tell the readers that his
    love for his bride is true. This is an act of true love and I think Edgar wants to deliver a message
    that we have to be sincere about our feelings and acts for our beloved ones. Don’t give up on
    your love because everyone says “No!”. They’re not the one who undergo the relationship, it’s
    you. It’s you who can decide to defend your love or not.

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